Definitions

Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs): Any compound of carbon, excluding carbon monoxide, carbon dioxide, carbonic acid, metallic carbides or carbonates, and ammonium carbonate, which participates in atmospheric photochemical reactions, as specified in part 51.00 of chapter 40 of the United States Code of Federal Regulations.

Standard Setting and Certifying Programs

EcoLogo™ is a North American Type I environmental leadership standard setting and third-party certification program as defined by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO 14024). It has developed environmental standards for a wide range of consumer and commercial products and certifies products meeting those standards. For additional information, visit the EcoLogo website at http://www.ecologo.org/en/

Specifications

Biobased Content:

Affected state entities shall, to the maximum extent practicable, purchase water based or vegetable based lithographic ink, which will reduce the amount of VOCs released into the environment.

In accordance with Article 2, section 7-a of the New York State Printing and Public Documents law, unless it is determined that the cost of printing with vegetable-based ink is significantly greater than the cost of printing with petroleum-based ink, all lithographic inks used in the production of New York State printing requirements shall contain the following minimum percentages of vegetable oil: News Inks - 40%; Sheet Fed Inks - 20%; Forms Inks - 20%; Heat Set Inks - 10%.

Item

Percentage of Vegetable Oil

News Inks

40%

Sheet Fed Inks

20%

Forms Inks

20%

Heat Set Inks

10%

Heavy Metal Content:

The sum or incidental concentration levels of lead, cadmium, mercury or hexavalent chromium in ink shall not exceed 100 parts per million (ppm) by weight.

Recycled Content:

Affected State entities are encouraged to purchase ink that maximizes recycled content.

Environmental Performance:

Affected state entities are encouraged to purchase ink which meets or exceeds the Ecologo™ Certification Criteria Document for Printing Inks (CCD-040).